LE AROMATICHE DI GIRAFI

Part of my project is to grow plants. We have the chance to use the farmland of  Le Aromatiche di Girafi. Link to their website.

Yesterday was my first time to go visit. I was shocked when I arrived. It's enormous wonderland! Highest point of Mussomeli and 360 degrees view of the landscapes.

There's a 1000 years old winemaking device. This was used like this - the bigger pit was filled with grapes and people were stomping on them to press the juice out. The smaller pit which in this picture is filled with water, was filled with grape juice and after some fermentation process the wine was ready. 

TIME MANAGEMENT

 Today we were introduced to tool which helps to prioritize your to-do list.

It was invented by the 34th president of United States, D. Eisenhower.

We had to think about the things we said we don't have time to do.
It was pretty hard exercise for me because I just don't use tis phrase. If I don't want to do something, I will still do it or come up with something else. Telling you don't have the time to do something is just a generic excuse and usually people hide the real reason behind it. 

Only difficulty is about something that is not important, but is urgent. When it's urgent, it is important, right? 

I googled it and I got the examples of answers.

• Co-worker who comes by your desk during your prime working time to ask a favor.
• Mom drops in unannounced and wants your help with a chore.

What I understood, it is something that somebody else does, it's not about YOUR time management skills. You could always say no if you have something more important to do. It's about your choice and nothing else. If anybody has different opinion about this, I'd be happy to hear about it.

GROUP ACTIVITIES

 There's 10 volunteers in our house, 6 girls and 4 boys. Today, for personal development exercise. we imagined that we are 7-year old girls and boys. We were given toys and had 1 hour to have fun. Girls were playing with  jump rope, some of us were playing with puzzle, I was drawing kittens and sunshine. We also played with a ball and with magnets. 

I discovered that actually nothing really changed. As adults, we are doing basically the same. 

I FOUND ANOTHER CARD WITH A MESSAGE

Do you remember when I posted about playing card I found outside? 

It's getting weirder. Today I found a Pokemon card. 

The text on the card says :

I danni questo attacco non sono influenzati dalla resistenza.

English version would be something like "This attack's damage isn't affected by stamina."

I don't know how to interpret that one!

I already consulted "experts", since this is from 2020, it's not really worth money.

I trashed the nature AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENED

 

ANOTHER UNIVERSE POST

Today Universe said to me:

Do you know what you've been doing lately in your nightly dreams, Kristi?

No, no. Not the "naked hula hoop" dreams—are you kidding?! I'd never put those in print!

You've been reaching, helping, and bridging; teaching, guiding, and comforting; lighting, showing, and paving; reaching thousands upon thousands when you count the infinite ripple thing.

Yep, you're beginning to have the same profound effect here as you've been having on Earth.

Thanks,

  The Universe

I don't know why I find these messages so on point. They actually answer the questions I have in my mind.

 Like the other day I was talking to my friend about getting old. I met two local boys, I mean kids. They were asking how old I am, and when I told them my age, their next question was if I have kids. No, I don't, for them it seemed surprising, because woman at my age can easily be mothers. 
 Yes, I am afraid of getting old. I have seen old people who are to weak to even stand up. Today's medicine keeps alive people who can't breathe without the machine and who would like to be dead already.

 So I had these thoughts and I was even saying them out loud. At that very moment I got this message from Universe:

Each blossom still blooms in its field; each child still clutches your hand; each friend still lingers in your heart. 

And that, dear Kristi, is where time goes. 

Forever young, 

  The Universe

How uplifting is that.

Today I was trying to play movie director, I trimmed and merged and added sounds to my clip. I used different free programs for that and they are not that good. I still didn't finish the final clip (otherwise I would already upload it here). I went to the kitchen and my project partner was making crepes and singing along with music and asked: "Hey, by the way, my computer is so slow, can we use yours for our project's video editing?" It seems that one of the volunteer's here has Adobe Premiere (paid version) and doesn't really use it herself, so we can use her account. 

 Again, Universe was just taking two things and putting them together so the world would be a better place. The Universe is always saying that people should just ask what they need and not worry about how it get's done, it's the Universe's job. It works, I have experienced this tons of times. Thanks a lot! 

MAGIC GARDEN

 Today I was invited to see the a garden in mountains. It seems very abandoned, nobody lives in this house. Behind this house there's also a barn and more orange, lemon and olive trees. It's far from city and you can't see too many cars on the way to this garden. 

 I was just eating these very juicy oranges when I saw a herd of sheep and goats coming. They didn't seem to be afraid of people. 

Italian sheep are bleating, they say "beeee". Estonian sheep say: "mää"

We ate as much oranges as wanted and took as much oranges with us as we wanted. Fresh orange juice in the morning is one of the best things in the world.